Las Zonas No Interconectadas (ZNI) en Colombia impiden que la población residente en dichas regiones tenga un acceso a la energía eléctrica constante y de calidad, lo que afecta directamente la calidad de vida, restringiendo oportunidades de educación, productividad y acceso a las TIC. Dadas...

There's an existing trend on the current public service dynamics that thinks the State as entity. Such entity is limited to establishing prices and qualities of the services it regulates, based on costs and information offered by agents: thus, full-filling a function essentially technical. The...

Risk, whether market or political, is an important determinant of private investment decisions. One important risk, subject to control by the government is the risk associated with the hold-up problem: governments can force utilities to shoulder burdensome taxes, to use input factors...

Escrito em português, esse artigo versa sobre a estrutura jurídica do mercado bancário nos países fundadores do Mercosul, examinando os desafios da convergência regulatória bancária nesse bloco regional. Esse artigo também explica a evolução dos mercados de capitais e financeiro no...

Los ministros Néstor Luis Pérez (1936-1938) y Manuel Rafael Egaña (1938-1941 y 1949) en el gobierno de López Contreras (1936-1941) hicieron importantes contribuciones al desarrollo del marco institucional petrolero después de la muerte de Gómez en diciembre de 1935. La gestión de estos...

Resumen Los ministros Néstor Luis Pérez (1936-1938) y Manuel Rafael Egaña (1938-1941 y 1949) en el gobierno de López Contreras (1936-1941) hicieron importantes contribuciones al desarrollo del marco institucional petrolero después de muerte de Gómez en diciembre de 1935. La gestión de...

Since the 1990s, efficiency and benchmarking analysis has increasingly been used in network utilities research and regulation. A recurrent concern is the effect of environmental factors that are beyond the influence of firms (observable heterogeneity) and factors that are not identifiable...

This paper applies parametric and non-parametric and parametric tests to assess the efficiency of electricity distribution companies in Germany. We address traditional issues in electricity sector benchmarking, such as the role of scale effects and optimal utility size, as well as new evidence...